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2. Television antenna - Wikipedia

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   The oldest and most widely used (at least in the United States) indoor antenna is the rabbit ears or bunny ears, which are often provided with new television sets. [6] It is a simple half-wave dipole antenna used to receive the VHF television bands, consisting in the US of 54 to 88 MHz ( band I ) and 174 to 216 MHz ( band III ), with ...

3. Indoor antenna - Wikipedia

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   Indoor antenna. TV set-top indoor antenna ("Rabbit Ears") for VHF and UHF reception. An indoor antenna is a type of radio or TV antenna placed indoors, as opposed to being mounted on the roof. They are usually considered a simple and cheap solution to receive transmissions. An indoor antenna is prone to picking up electrical noise, but digital ...

4. Marvin Middlemark - Wikipedia

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   Marvin P. Middlemark (September 16, 1919 – September 14, 1989) invented the Rabbit Ears television antenna (dipole antenna) in 1953 in Rego Park, Queens, New York.. Marvin P. Middlemark revolutionized how television was watched in the United States, as his Rabbit Ears increased the television signal reception made available to the mass market; this move is considered by many as the single ...

5. Antenna types - Wikipedia

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   A horn antenna has a flaring metal horn attached to a waveguide. It is a simple antenna with moderate gain of 15 to 25 dBi, used for applications such as radar guns, radiometers, and as feed antennas for parabolic dishes. Slot Consists of a waveguide with one or more slots cut in it to emit the microwaves. Linear slot antennas emit narrow fan ...

6. Yagi–Uda antenna - Wikipedia

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   A modern high-gain UHF Yagi television antenna with 17 directors, and one reflector (made of four rods) shaped as a corner reflector. Drawing of Yagi–Uda VHF television antenna from 1954, used for analog channels 2–4, 54–72 MHz (U.S. channels). It has five elements: three directors ( to left) one reflector ( to right) and a driven element ...

7. Antenna (radio) - Wikipedia

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   Antenna (radio) In radio engineering, an antenna ( American English) or aerial ( British English) is an electronic device that converts an alternating electric current into radio waves, or radio waves into an electric current. [ 1][ 2] It is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal ...